EP1300894B1 - Receptacle for battery-using equipment - Google Patents

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EP1300894B1
EP1300894B1 EP01945814A EP01945814A EP1300894B1 EP 1300894 B1 EP1300894 B1 EP 1300894B1 EP 01945814 A EP01945814 A EP 01945814A EP 01945814 A EP01945814 A EP 01945814A EP 1300894 B1 EP1300894 B1 EP 1300894B1
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Hironobu Oe
Yoshihisa Inaba
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Panasonic Electric Works Co Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/712—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit
    • H01R12/716—Coupling device provided on the PCB
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M10/00—Secondary cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M10/42—Methods or arrangements for servicing or maintenance of secondary cells or secondary half-cells
    • H01M10/46—Accumulators structurally combined with charging apparatus
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/82—Coupling devices connected with low or zero insertion force
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
    • Y02P70/50—Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

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  • the invention relates to such a receptacle attached to electric apparatuses in which a battery is built, having a signal post which comes in contact with a signal contact of an external plug to transfer an electric signal to an electric apparatuses, and having contact for a battery to be connected with a battery electrode.
  • a receptacle integrated in mobile communication apparatuses with a battery for a power source is required to have thinner structure as such apparatuses have been compacted.
  • a contact for a battery of the receptacle needs to come in contact with a battery electrode with a sufficient spring pressure.
  • Such a receptacle has been provided with a construction as shown in Figs, 10A-10D, Fig. 11, or Figs. 12A-12C.
  • a planular rectangular cylinder 103 formed by folding a metal plate is disposed so that a recess 103a in the front surface opening surrounded by this cylinder 103 provides a plug inserting/removing portion.
  • a tabular protrusive strip 101 protrudes as a whole from the central front surface of the receptacle body 100, and also a plurality of contact portions 102a of a signal post 102 is disposed on the under surface of this protrusive strip 101 to extend toward the tip of the protrusive strip 101 from the base so that a contact portion of a signal contact of an external plug inserted into the recess 103a may come in contact with the contact portion 102a of the signal post 102 to thereby transfer an electric signal.
  • the signal post 102 is guided out from the rear surface of the receptacle body 100 and folded so as to go along this rear surface and has its connecting portion 102b which is folded backward at a position near the bottom of the receptacle body 100 so as to be connected to a circuit board.
  • one pair of contact for a battery 104 are disposed for each of positive and negative battery electrodes and, together with these, an electrode disposing portion 106 is provided to dispose a recharging electrode terminal 105.
  • each pair of pressure-in housing 107 are disposed in parallel as a housing space for pressure-housing the contact for a battery 104.
  • This pressure-in housing 107 has an opening from the upper surface to the rear surface of the electrode disposing portion 106, so that the contact for a battery 104 formed by folding a plate spring into a rough C-shape can be pressured from the upper surface opening into the pressure-in housing 107.
  • the contact for a battery 104 puts a bottom strip 104a on the bottom of the pressure-in housing 107 to cause a connecting portion 104b for circuit board connection provided at the tip of the bottom strip 104a to protrude to the outside and also cause the tip of a slant strip 104c to protrude to the outside from the upper surface opening of the pressure-in housing 107.
  • a battery contact portion 108 forming a rough L-shaped strip formed roughly at a right angle with respect to the slant strip 104c so as to come in contact with an electrode of the battery side.
  • the pressure-in housing 109 On the under surface of the electrode disposing portion 106 between the pressure-in housings 107 is provided the pressure-in housing 109 in the under surface opening as shown in Fig. 12B, into which pressure-in housing 109 is pressured the recharging electrode terminal 105 formed by folding a metal thin plate in a rough U-shape.
  • This recharging electrode terminal 105 guides out to the rear of the electrode disposing portion 106 a board connecting portion 105a for connecting to a circuit board provided at the lower rear end and also causes an electrode 105b provided at the lower front end to be disposed so as to go along the recess 106a formed in the front surface of the electrode disposing portion 106.
  • a mating battery is provided with downward electrode
  • a site where this battery electrode is provided may cover the receptacle body 100 to mount a battery onto a battery mounting portion so that the downward battery electrode may elastically come in contact with the contact portion 108 of the contact for a battery 104.
  • the contact for a battery 104 and the recharging electrode terminal 105 are opposite to each other in the direction in which they are pressured into the electrode disposing portion 106, so that they cannot easily be assembled, thus increasing the man-hour requirements.
  • a receptacle of the invention for battery using apparatuses comprises a plug inserting/removing portion where a plurality of signal post contact portions is disposed in parallel with each other which comes in contact with a signal contact of an external plug, a signal post connecting portion which is on the rear surface side of the plug inserting/removing portion and also which is connected to a circuit board, and an electrode disposing portion which is on the side surface side of the plug inserting/removing portion and also which is provided with a contact for a battery made of plate springs protruding in parallel with each other on the rear surface side of the plug inserting/removing portion, as well as the contact for a battery includes: a board connecting portion which is connected to the circuit board; a slant strip which is coupled with the board connecting portion, which protrudes toward the rear surface side of the electrode disposing portion, and which is flexible toward the electrode disposing portion; and an electrode contact portion which is formed at one tip of the slant strip, which has a rough U-shape protruding toward the rear surface side of
  • the receptacle is provided with a housing space opened toward the under surface side and the rear surface side of the electrode disposing portion so that the contact for a battery may be pressured into this housing space.
  • the contact for a battery is provided, at its site extending from the board connecting portion to the slant strip, with a horizontal strip coupled to the board connecting portion and a vertical strip formed by extending from the other end of the slant strip and disposed along a vertical inner wall surface on the front surface side in the housing space into which the contact for a battery is pressured and also has such a configuration that a notch hole is formed at a boundary between the vertical strip and the horizontal strip and also that the lower end surface of the vertical strip which faces the notch hole is flatted.
  • the electrode disposing portion is provided with a recharging electrode terminal comprising a connecting portion which is connected to the circuit board and a contacting electrode portion which is disposed on the front surface side of the electrode disposing portion.
  • the receptacle has the housing space opened toward the under surface side of the electrode disposing portion so that the recharging electrode terminal may be pressured into the housing space.
  • a receptacle body 1 of this embodiment is molded of synthetic resin, at the central front surface of which is disposed a flattened rectangular cylinder 2 formed by folding a metal plate.
  • a recess 2a in a front surface opening surrounded by the cylinder 2 constitutes a plug inserting/removing portion for an external plug 40 shown in Fig. 9, in which recess 2a a flat plate-shaped protrusive strip 3 protrudes integrally from the central front surface of the receptacle body 1.
  • a plurality of strips of grooves 3a is disposed in parallel with each other into each of which contact portions 4a of the signal post 4 is fitted in such a manner as to extend toward the tip of the protrusive strip 3 from the base as shown in Fig. 7A, so that a signal contact 41 of the external plug 40 shown in Fig. 9 inserted into the recess 2a can come in contact with the contact portion 4a of the signal post 4 in order to transfer an electric signal.
  • each signal post 4 that is guided out from the rear surface of the receptacle body 1 is folded downward along this rear surface to provide a folded strip, which is fitted into each of vertical grooves 1a disposed in parallel with each other on both sides on the rear surface of the receptacle body 1 as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and, further, folded rearward at a right angle at the lower end near the bottom surface of the receptacle body 1 to thereby protrude rearward from the rear surface of the receptacle body 1 to provide a rearward protrusive strip, which constitutes a connecting portion 4b which is connected to a circuit board 30. That is, the connecting portion 4b is located on the rear surface side of the plug insetting/removing portion.
  • an electrode disposing portion 7 in which are provided one pair of contact for a battery 5 for respectively connecting positive and negative electrodes 51 disposed in parallel with each other in a width direction in a recess 50a formed in one end face of the battery 50 and also a recharging electrode terminal 12.
  • each electrode disposing portion 7 is comprised of a higher portion 7a which is higher at its rear portion than the receptacle body 1 and a lower portion 7b which continues from the front lower part of this higher portion 7a and extends in parallel with the side surface of the cylinder 2 in such a configuration that the rear part of the higher portion 7a extrudes in parallel with the connecting portion 4b of the signal post 4 and rearward from its tip and also has pressure-in housings 10 which serve as a housing space opened from roughly the upper end of its rear surface to the under surface, also forming a pressure-in housing 11 which serves as a housing space opened in such a manner as to extend through the middle of the opening site of the pressure-in housings 10 in the under surface of these higher portions 7a up to the under surface of the lower portion 7b.
  • Each pressure-in housing 10 is adapted to pressure the contact for a battery 5 into it, while the pressure-in housing 11 is adapted to pressure a recharging electrode terminal 12 into it.
  • the contact for a battery 5 is comprised of a plate spring including: a thin board-connecting portion 5a, which is connected to a circuit board 30, formed by folding and extending a flat strip 5b rearward in a L-shape from one side of one end of the flat strip 5b so as to provide a horizontal strip; a vertical strip 5c formed by folding and extending the flat strip 5b from the other end of the flat strip 5b at a right angle upward; a downward vertical strip 5d formed by folding back the upper end of this vertical strip 5c in a U-shape downward vertically above the flat strip 5b in such a manner as to be parallel with the vertical strip 5c; slant strip 5e formed by curving the downward vertical strip 5d from its lower end so that the forward portion may extend toward upward in a slant manner; an electrode contact portion 15 formed by folding the slant strip 5e in a U-shape from its lower end to provide a curved surface portion that faces the rear downward in
  • a boundary between the flat strip 5b and the vertical strip 5c is provided with a notch hole 13, and the lower end surface of the vertical strip 5c facing the notch hole 13 is adapted to provide a flat surface 14.
  • the plate spring is adapted to protrude in parallel with the rear surface side of the plug inserting/removing portion, that is, the rear surface side of the receptacle body.
  • the recharging electrode terminal 12 includes: a wide front vertical strip 12b and a narrow rear vertical strip 12c which are formed by folding and extending downward a central strip 12a going along the ceiling surface of the pressure-in housing 11 from its front and rear ends respectively; a connecting portion 12d formed by folding and extending the rear vertical strip 12c from its lower end further in a Z-shape to provide a lower flat strip which connects to the circuit board 30; and a contacting electrode portion 12e formed by folding the tip of a wider extended strip 12f extended along the lower surface recess in the lower portion 7b forward from the lower end of the front vertical strip 12b further upward at a right angle.
  • the contacting electrode portion 12e of the recharging electrode terminal 12 is inserted upward into a recess 16 formed in the front surface of the electrode disposing portion 7 so that both side edges thereof may be engaged into grooves 16a formed in both inner walls of the recess 16.
  • the contacting electrode portion 12e is disposed on the front surface side of the electrode disposing portion 7.
  • the contact for a battery 5 and the recharging electrode terminal 12 are pressured into the pressure-in housings 10 and 11 in the same direction and, therefore, can be done so at a time.
  • these housings are pressured into these housings with a jig for pressuring in the contact for a battery 5 as pressed against the flat surface 14 of the lower end of the vertical strip 5c of the contact for a battery 5 facing the notch hole 13 so that the vertical strip 5c may go along the forward vertical inner wall surface of the pressure-in housing 10.
  • this jig is actually pressed against the flat surface 14, the contact for a battery 5 can be pressured in easily and smoothly.
  • the contact for a battery 5 and the recharging electrode terminal 12 can be pressured into the pressure-in housings 10 and 11 respectively, to thereby complete a receptacle of the invention for a battery using apparatus.
  • a reference numeral 17 indicates a protrusion formed on the cylinder 2 integrally for alignment with the circuit board 30, a reference numeral 18 indicates a loading leg integrally formed on the under surface of each electrode disposing portion 7, and a reference numeral 19 indicates an opening formed in the ceiling of the pressure-in housing 10.
  • the receptacle of the invention into an electric apparatus, as shown in Figs. 1A and 1B, it is actually mounted onto the circuit board 30 which is formed one step lower than a battery mounting portion 52.
  • the electrode contact portion 15 of the contact for a battery 5 is disposed so that its forward portion may protrudes above the battery mounting portion 52.
  • the battery 50 is held as inclined as pressing the lower end of the end surface having the electrode 51 formed thereon against the upper surface of the battery mounting portion 52 while simultaneously raising the other end as shown in Fig. 1A, to thereby press the electrode 51 in the recess 50a against the electrode contact portion 15.
  • the battery 50 is pushed forward and also pressed downward as flexing the slant strip 5e toward the electrode disposing portion 7, to thereby be mounted on the battery mounting portion 52 as shown in Fig. 1B.
  • the battery 50 has its electrode 51 pressed by the electrode contact portion 15 owing to the spring elasticity of the slant strip 5e, so that the battery 50 is held between this electrode contact portion 15 and a wall (not shown) provided on the other end side of the battery mounting portion 52.
  • An arrow in the Figure indicates the movement of the battery 50.
  • circuit board 30 may be molded integrally with the battery mounting portion 52.
  • the receptacle of the invention for battery using apparatuses comprises a plug inserting/removing portion where a plurality of signal post contact portions is disposed in parallel with each other which comes in contact with a signal contact of an external plug, a signal post connecting portion which is on the rear surface side of the plug inserting/removing portion and also which is connected to a circuit board, and an electrode disposing portion which is on the side surface side of the plug inserting/removing portion and also which is provided with a contact for a battery made of plate springs protruding in parallel with each other on the rear surface side of the plug inserting/removing portion, as well as the contact for a battery includes a board connecting portion which is connected to the circuit board, a slant strip which is coupled with the board connecting portion, which protrudes toward the rear surface side of the electrode disposing portion, and which is flexible toward the electrode disposing portion, and an electrode contact portion which is formed at one tip of the slant strip, which has a rough U-shape protruding toward the rear surface
  • the battery mounting portion as compared to the case of pressing the electrode provided on the under surface against the battery contact portion in such a manner that the battery end may cover the contact body and, resultantly, to use a small sized battery with a short distance between the ends thereof.
  • the slant strip is flexed in the back and forth direction of the electrode disposing portion, to provide a larger flexure allowance than the case of flexing it vertically and resultantly enhance the contacting pressure, thus providing an effect of securing the connection between the battery and the electrode.
  • the contact for a battery having the above-mentioned configuration can be disposed to the electrode disposing portion effectively.
  • the contact for a battery can be provided, at its site extending from the board connecting portion to the slant strip, with a horizontal strip coupled to the board connecting portion and a vertical strip formed by extending from the other end of the slant strip and disposed along a vertical inner wall surface on the front surface side in the housing space into which the contact for a battery is pressured and also has such a configuration that a notch hole is formed at a boundary between the vertical strip and the horizontal strip and also that the lower end surface of the vertical strip which faces the notch hole is flatted, to use a jig to thereby press the lower end flat surface of the vertical strip when the contact for a battery is pressured in, thus additionally giving an effect of facilitating the pressure-in operation.
  • the electrode disposing portion can be provided with a recharging electrode terminal comprising a connecting portion which is connected to the circuit board and a contacting electrode portion which is disposed on the front surface side of the electrode disposing portion, as well as a housing space opened toward the under surface side of the electrode disposing portion so that the recharging electrode terminal may be pressured into the housing space, to pressure in the recharging electrode terminal and the contact for a battery in the same direction, thus additionally giving an effect of reducing the assembling man-hour requirements.

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PCT/JP2001/005948 WO2002005364A1 (en) 2000-07-10 2001-07-09 Receptacle for battery-using equipment

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EP1300894A4 (en) 2006-12-27
KR100418118B1 (ko) 2004-02-14
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